Boulder is hosting a series of lectures on climate change and energy, starting this week, as part of the city's Energy Future project, while a public meeting on the project has been rescheduled to next week.

The "Walk-In Wednesday Power Hour" public meeting, at which members of the public can meet with city staff to discuss any and all questions related to the Energy and Climate Future project, has been rescheduled from this Wednesday to April 25. The meeting is scheduled for 3 to 4 p.m. at the West Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave.

Walk-In Wednesdays have been occurring on the first and third Wednesdays of the month and are expected to continue through May.

"The city is committed to involving the community in the ongoing research and analysis associated with the potential creation of a city-owned electric utility, and Walk-In Wednesdays will be just one of several opportunities for the public to provide feedback on the project in 2012," city officials said in a press release.

The city is also hosting an ongoing free lecture series on energy and climate change. The first of these is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the West Boulder Senior Center and will feature Colorado State University's John Calderazzo, who will speak on "Communicating Climate Change.

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The next speaker is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. at the West Boulder Senior Center. Al Bartlett, a professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, will talk about "Population, Arithmetic and Energy."

Dan Fredrickson of Tendril Inc. will talk about "Innovative Technologies Available to a Municipality" at 6 p.m. May 16 at the Boulder Main Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd, in the Canyon Theater.

The city's Environmental Advisory Board also has begun meeting twice a month -- at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month -- to provide ongoing advice on how the city should approach its climate action goals. The next meeting is April 26.

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